The amount of fat around the waist is one warning to transform into a healthier lifestyle anymore.

According to an anti-obesity campaign in Britain, measuring waist circumference with a tape measure is a measure of health that is more accurate than weighing. By measuring the waist circumference, the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease can be predicted more accurately.

Those who have the highest risk for developing obesity-related disease is a man who had a waist circumference of more than 101 cm (40 inches) and women with a waist circumference over 89 centimeters (35 inches).

Sebuat research conducted at the University Birminghan, England showed that fat cells around the waist is not a fat chunk of the passive but active cells which can disrupt the stability of excess insulin and improve blood pressure and cholesterol in the blood.